Thigh
יַרְכָאStrong’s H3411yarkah (yar-kah)
Appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yarkah is the Hebrew word usually translated “remotest parts of”, “from remotest parts of” and “innermost parts of”. It appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament.
“Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.”
Meaning
- Thigh, loin, flank, side, recess
How it's translated
- remotest parts of 6
- from remotest parts of 6
- in remotest parts of 3
- in innermost parts of 3
- and for innermost parts of 2
- in the innermost parts 2
- for the innermost parts 2
- and side his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 6
- Ezekiel 5
- Jeremiah 4
- Isaiah 3
- Judges 2
- Psalms 2
12 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 26:22And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
- Exodus 26:23And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
- Exodus 26:27And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
- Exodus 36:27And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
- Exodus 36:28And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
- Exodus 36:32And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
Hebrew dictionary
יַרְכָא yarkah · thigh
thigh, loin, flank, side, recess Aramaic of ye.re.khah (יַרְכָה "flank" H3411)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “thigh” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THIGH, noun
That part of men, quadrupeds and fowls, which is between the leg and the trunk.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.